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Detective Books
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 1110 times as detective)
avg rating 4.20 — 722,117 ratings — published 1934
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 950 times as detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 490,697 ratings — published 1887
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 810 times as detective)
avg rating 4.14 — 384,558 ratings — published 1902
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 810 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 622,518 ratings — published 2013
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 798 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,591,525 ratings — published 1939
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 773 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 340,392 ratings — published 1926
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 765 times as detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 499,397 ratings — published 1920
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by (shelved 701 times as detective)
avg rating 4.30 — 324,475 ratings — published 1892
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 643 times as detective)
avg rating 4.12 — 302,597 ratings — published 1937
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
by (shelved 634 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 176,269 ratings — published 1890
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 567 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 197,448 ratings — published 1936
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
by (shelved 562 times as detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 292,079 ratings — published 2014
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 522 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 167,431 ratings — published 1939
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)
by (shelved 453 times as detective)
avg rating 4.22 — 227,550 ratings — published 2015
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Paperback)
by (shelved 447 times as detective)
avg rating 4.51 — 216,109 ratings — published 1887
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 417 times as detective)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,423,362 ratings — published 2005
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
by (shelved 409 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 376,127 ratings — published 2000
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 387 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 117,040 ratings — published 1923
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
by (shelved 366 times as detective)
avg rating 4.29 — 104,925 ratings — published 1893
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 365 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 114,823 ratings — published 1930
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 356 times as detective)
avg rating 4.04 — 211,352 ratings — published 1930
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
by (shelved 348 times as detective)
avg rating 4.14 — 215,196 ratings — published 1992
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 343 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 749,548 ratings — published 2020
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 336 times as detective)
avg rating 4.27 — 69,853 ratings — published 1905
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 331 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 101,176 ratings — published 1938
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)
by (shelved 324 times as detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 184,581 ratings — published 2018
Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 315 times as detective)
avg rating 4.02 — 82,132 ratings — published 1932
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
by (shelved 312 times as detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 91,336 ratings — published 1942
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 311 times as detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,508,243 ratings — published 2003
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 303 times as detective)
avg rating 3.88 — 81,604 ratings — published 1928
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 302 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 126,025 ratings — published 1942
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 294 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 71,451 ratings — published 1936
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 291 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 87,493 ratings — published 1941
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1)
by (shelved 290 times as detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 436,723 ratings — published 2007
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
by (shelved 286 times as detective)
avg rating 3.85 — 147,433 ratings — published 2011
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)
by (shelved 285 times as detective)
avg rating 3.96 — 54,920 ratings — published 1914
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
by (shelved 282 times as detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 69,469 ratings — published 1936
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
by (shelved 280 times as detective)
avg rating 3.57 — 73,188 ratings — published 1927
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 280 times as detective)
avg rating 4.26 — 981,600 ratings — published 2006
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 279 times as detective)
avg rating 3.56 — 103,802 ratings — published 1969
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 277 times as detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 281,226 ratings — published 2005
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 277 times as detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 61,156 ratings — published 1933
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 277 times as detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 275,075 ratings — published 1998
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
by (shelved 277 times as detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 74,066 ratings — published 1924
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
by (shelved 268 times as detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 65,031 ratings — published 1935
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
by (shelved 268 times as detective)
avg rating 3.98 — 209,768 ratings — published 2001
Flaggermusmannen (Harry Hole, #1)
by (shelved 265 times as detective)
avg rating 3.55 — 129,821 ratings — published 1997
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 258 times as detective)
avg rating 3.87 — 68,393 ratings — published 1938
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
by (shelved 256 times as detective)
avg rating 4.38 — 145,598 ratings — published 2020
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
by (shelved 255 times as detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 75,556 ratings — published 1957
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
― The Hound of the Baskervilles
― The Hound of the Baskervilles
“At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.”
― Murder on the Orient Express
― Murder on the Orient Express
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